Chapter 2
"Hey Calleigh isn't answering her phone, Eric." Ryan started to get a little concerned.
"Have you tried her home phone, she's probably just left her cell upstairs if she's still at home. Or she could be driving." Eric answered.
"Good idea, I'll try now." Ryan tried her home phone again, there was no answer. Ryan looked at Eric, both of them growing concerned.
"What do we do?" Ryan asked Eric.
"We'll just go and notify H, and drive by hers." Eric answered. They walked over to Horatio's office and walked in when Horatio greeted them.
"Gentlemen, what can I do for you?" Horatio looked at them, noticing their concerned faces.
"We can't get hold of Calleigh, we've tried her cell and home." Ryan immediately answered.
"We were just letting you know that we're just going to take a detour over to her house on the way to the Star Island case." Eric said after Ryan had finished.
"Okay, let me know. Alexx should be at the crime scene now, or on her way, so I need you two to hurry up." Horatio answered.
"Okay H, we'll be quick. Thank you." Eric said. They both turned and walked away.
They got into a hummer and drove over to Calleigh's house. Eric knocked on the door and there was no response. He called out her name, yet again, there was no response. They knew she hadn't left for work as her car was still out the front. Ryan looked through the letter box and down the end of the hall he could see a blood stain on the wall.
"We need to get in there now Eric, there's blood of the wall!" Ryan said frantically.
"Stand back Ryan!" Eric raised his voice slightly as he withdrew his gun. Ryan did the same and stood back. Eric kicked at her front door, he kicked it 4 times before the door gave in. They ran in guns drawn cautiously. Ryan went through to the kitchen and then back through to the dining room while Eric went straight for the living room which had blood spatter on the walls. He cautiously approached the room and turned the corner fast. He saw somebody with blond hair matted with blood sat on the sofa. Behind her there was high velocity spatter on the wall.
"Calleigh?" Eric cautiously approached. He reached her and saw a gun in her limp hand and her mouth open with dried blood everywhere.
"CALLEIGH?" Eric panicked. Ryan came through to the living room, both putting their guns away. Eric stood in shock staring at Calleigh's lifeless body. Ryan carefully approached her and placed his fingers on her neck in hope of finding that she still had a pulse. He looked round to Eric and shook his head. Eric stood open mouthed shocked. Ryan pulled out his phone.
"We need back up to Calleigh Duquesne's house, immediately." The hung up and dialled another number.
"Horatio, we have a problem, it's Calliegh, she's… she's" Ryan sighed and put his other hand on his head he frantically began looking around, for any signs.
"Mr. Wolfe, sorry? What's going on? What's the problem?" Horatio calmly said.
"Horatio, you need to get here now, Calleigh's… dead." Ryan becoming more frantic. Eric still speechless.
"She's what? I'll be right over, you stay where you are!" Horatio hung up and jumped into his hummer and made his way over to her house. Back-up arrived and walked in.
"Eric, come on Eric, go outside." They walked out just as Horatio walked towards them.
"What happened?!" Horatio asked, in a calm manner, but concern written all over his face.
"Calleigh, she… I think she… may have killed herself." Ryan said shook up.
Horatio walked into the house and found Calleigh on the sofa, with the gun in her right hand resting on her lap. Blood and brain matter spattered over the wall and ceiling behind.
Horatio ran a hand through his hair and turned around. He found what appeared to be a note on the coffee table in front of the sofa. He put a glove on and picked it up. He began to read.
'I am sorry, so sorry. I could not handle things anymore, I was pushed over the edge and could not get myself back. I took the easy option out, I'm a coward. Right now, it seems as though this is the only option. I apologise to my team, I hope to God none of you are the ones that found me. I don't want any of you to blame yourselves, you are all the reason why I took so long to finally come to this conclusion. You helped me to get through many things, but I couldn't handle things anymore. I'm sorry. Calleigh Duquesne.' Horatio looked up and around. He couldn't believe what he was reading. He had to read it again. He looked over to Calleigh.
"I'm so sorry, Calleigh" he whispered. He placed the note down again. He walked out of the house and met with Ryan and Eric.
"From what it looks like now, I think it's suicide. But I'm going to get another team in to investigate, okay? You are to leave this case alone." Both of them looked in shock.
Horatio pulled out his phone and called in another team. Once he hand done that, he looked over to Eric and Ryan.
"Are you two okay?" He asked with a caring expression.
"Yeah…" Ryan said with a long exhaled breath.
"Eric? Are you okay?" He looked into Eric's eyes and saw the hurt and pain.
"Yeah, I'm… I'm okay." Eric said with a whisper looking at Horatio.
"Are you sure Eric?" Horatio placed a hand on Eric's shoulder. Eric seemed to snap out of his daze.
"Yeah, I'm okay." He said and took a deep breath in. Another team arrived at the scene and started to process.
"I know this is tough, but we're going to get through this okay?"
"yeah, H" They both said in unison.
"Now, can you both make it to the Star Island crime scene, or would you like the day off? I can get another team to process." Horatio said with a concerned look on his face.
"No, no, we can do this, can't we Ryan. We'll be fine. We'll let you know what we find." Eric said calmly, then took another deep breath.
"Are you sure?" Horatio asked.
"We're sure, H" Ryan answered. Ryan and Eric walked over to their hummer and drove off.